I have been out of the country for a couple of weeks, so I apologize for the lapse in posting. I had intended to post a guest article on robotic welding this week, but I will be posting it next…
Tag: Industrial Automation Hands On
Automacao Industrial Na Pratica
Posted in The Book Tagged with: Automacao Industrial Na Pratica, Industrial Automation Hands On, McGraw-Hill, Portuguese
Building The Machine: A Bedtime Story
The following story is from my book Industrial Automation: Hands On (McGraw-Hill, 2013). I wrote it to illustrate how a machine or production line is concepted, purchased, designed, built and delivered. This is a pretty typical description of the procedures…
Posted in Machine Assembly and Fabrication, Machine Design, The Book Tagged with: custom machines, Industrial Automation Hands On, machine building
PLC Infographic / Udemy
Last week I received an e-mail from a guy at a company called Udemy. He had stumbled across a post about Automation Direct from about a year ago and thought I might be interested in the infographic above. Sometimes when…
Posted in Software & Programming, The Book, The Course, Training, Vendors and Manufacturers Tagged with: HMI, India, Industrial Automation Hands On, Malaysia, PLCs, training
Consulting
Back in 1996 when I first went into business for myself, I named my company “Automation Consulting Services”. At the time, I wasn’t really sure exactly what a consultant was, but coming from a technical sales background I thought that…
Posted in Business, Consulting Tagged with: Automation Consulting, consulting, Industrial Automation Hands On
The Philosophy of Communication
Last week I had a bit of fun telling you about my travels to New England. I try and post something every week, but sometimes when I’m traveling it is difficult to make the necessary time to craft a well…
Posted in Consulting, Philosophies Tagged with: Communications, e-mail, Industrial Automation Hands On, Philosophy, phone
Advantages and Disadvantages of Automation
Is automation “good” or “bad”? There are arguments on both sides of this issue. On one hand the cost of production on a per item basis is generally lower, on the other hand it is often said that automation takes…
Posted in Automation Concepts, Ethics, The Book Tagged with: Advantages of Automation, Automation, Disadvantages of Automation, Industrial Automation Hands On
Hey India!
Yesterday I received an invitation to attend the International Automation Exhibition 2014 to be held in Mumbai, India next October. Now as many who have read this blog know, I love to travel, especially to other countries. This May I…
Posted in Consulting, Travel, Website Tagged with: Automation, Canada, China, India, Industrial Automation Hands On, Japan, Malaysia, trade shows, travel
Automation Consulting
In several previous posts I have mentioned that my company is undergoing a radical shift in focus. I had hoped to have my business website completed by the beginning of September so that I could have a kind of “grand…
Posted in Consulting, Website Tagged with: business, education, engineering, Industrial Automation Hands On, software, website
A Change of Direction
For the past 20 years I have been involved in the automation and machine-building industry in one form or another. In 1996 when I had a lot more energy and less common sense, I started my own integration business that…
Posted in Consulting, Contracting, Life, Me, Panelbuilding, The Book, Website Tagged with: blogging, contracting, education, Industrial Automation Hands On, teaching, travel
Industrial Automation: Hands On
Well, its official: after something like three years from initially concepting the book I finally have it in my hands. Now the task of promoting it and leveraging it into a different career direction begins. As I mentioned in a…
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